Barker Burnell (January 30, 1798 – June 15, 1843) was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

Burnell was born on January 30, 1798, in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Burnell was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention of 1820.[1] He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1821–1822,[1] and as a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1823,[1] from 1825 to 1833,[1] and in 1838.[2]

Burnell served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1840. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 15, 1843.

He was interred in Congressional Cemetery. Burnell was re-interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 1844.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, p. 31
  2. ^ Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, p. 32
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
March 4, 1843 – June 15, 1843 		Succeeded by

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